Google Maps Street View

Street View, the basics

What is Street View?

Street View takes Google Maps to a new level, allowing you to visually explore and navigate a neighbourhood through panoramic street-level photographs.

To access the images, users select the "Street View" button in Google Maps; click on the camera icon above a particular city, and zoom in. You can move up and down streets, or look around in 360 degree panoramas.

What can I use Street View for?

Street View has a variety of practical uses. Using Street View you can easily find the exact location for your crucial meeting and the nearest coffee shop, plan a restaurant venue to meet friends for dinner, or find the best viewing spot for a marathon or parade.

If you are moving house or re-locating, you can save time by exploring properties and their surrounding area in advance and also by looking up driving directions. Street View allows you to check out a hotel or holiday home before you book, and to explore different travel destinations around the world.

Cool, how can I check it out?

We are currently driving in a number of European countries and hope to launch soon. You can get a taste of what Street View looks like by pointing Google Maps to France, where you can follow the Tour de France route, our first launch of Street View imagery outside the U.S.